#36218C#36218C

#36218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.165 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36218C
RGB	rgb(54, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(252, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(252, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 39.96, -55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 68.57, 305.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0369 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.165 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7973, 3.7650, 25.1744)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36218C #778C21

analogous

#21428C #36218C #6C218C

triadic

#36218C #8C3621 #218C36

tetradic

#36218C #8C2142 #778C21 #218C6C

square

#36218C #8C2142 #778C21 #218C6C

split-complementary

#36218C #8C6C21 #428C21

monochromatic

#100A29 #23155A #36218C #492DBE #6B51D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#36218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#36218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36218C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36218C	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.165 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785faf',
    500: '#36218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36218c;
$custom-light: #785faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.776,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35281,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36218C

secondary

#A5B94F

accent

#E543C5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36218C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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